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Redefining Global Legal Services with Digital Intelligence China Entercom Empowers Yingke Law Firm to Win 2025 IDC China Future Enterprise Awards

CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (HKG: 1883) is pleased to announce that the ICT-empowered partner of its subsidiary, China Enterprise ICT Solutions Limited (China Entercom), Yingke Law Firm (Yingke), has earned industry recognition at the IDC China CIO Summit 2025 and IDC Future Enterprise Awards Digital Ceremony, where its pioneering benchmark project, YingFaBao AI Legal Space Station received the 2025 IDC China Future Enterprise Awards of Excellence – Future Enterprise of the Year. Dedicated to recognizing future enterprises who embrace the digital-first era, this accolade represents a milestone in the partnership between China Entercom and Yingke, and also serves as a testament to China Entercom’s role in fostering a digital and intelligent ecosystem to realize digital intelligence and globalization for businesses across industries.

Ms. Sun Wen, Director of Global Board of Directors, Beijing Yingke Law Firm, receiving the award at the event

Headquartered in Beijing and established in 2001, Yingke Law Firm is a global legal service provider and a co-founder of the Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for South-South Co-operation. Since 2022, Yingke has consistently held the top position in The Global 200 ranking of global law firms based on the number of lawyers, and its global legal service network has covered up to 199 cosmopolitan cities across 104 countries and territories. As the digital era approaches, Yingke is accelerating its “Digital Intelligence Law Firm” transformation and upgrading, with the aim of establishing a “Yingke Global One-Hour Legal Service Ecosystem” . The development strategy of the firm is also evolving from geographical business expansion to digital-intelligence transformation.

“2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the IDC China Future Enterprise Awards. With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and its deep integration across industries, we are witnessing an increasing number of enterprises transforming into AI-driven firms as they enter the era of digital operation. These enterprises are customer-centric, open to experiment and constantly enhancing their products, services and user experiences,” said Mr. Wu Lianfeng, Vice President and Chief Analyst at IDC China. “Yingke Law Firm is a remarkable example of such organizations. From strategic vision to practical execution, Yingke actively adopts new technologies with an open and inclusive mindset, driving transformation within the legal sector. To streamline transformation, suppliers of innovative technologies and solutions like China Entercom play an indispensable role. As a trusted enabler of digital-intelligence transformation, China Entercom strives to offer clients with value-driven and reliable technologies and solutions. Moreover, as a successful example of international expansion, the company’s extensive experience and expertise in globalization provide valuable support for Chinese enterprises in their journey of going global.”

Extending warm congratulations to Yingke Law Firm on its recognition as an Excellence Award winner at the 2025 IDC China Future Enterprise Awards, Mr. Henry Ko, General Manager at China Entercom, underlined the key to “Redefining Global Legal Services with Digital Intelligence” by integrating China Entercom’s ICT capabilities and Yingke’s expertise in digitalizing and globalizing legal services. He added that this cross-industry collaboration has reassured enterprises in their pursuit of globalization. “Our collaboration with Yingke began in 2021, when the firm embarked on its four strategic pillars — globalization, professionalization, digitalization and carbon neutrality — to optimize its worldwide operations and services,” said Mr. Ko. “We look forward to taking this collaboration to new heights, empowering enterprises to expand overseas and creating a new paradigm of legal and ICT innovations.”

In today’s ever-changing economic and social landscape, every industry is confronted with new challenges, and these changes also raise the expectations for China Entercom. As an innovative ICT service enabler, the company is committed not only to staying ahead of technological advancement and strengthening its core capabilities, but also to gaining deeper insight into industry transformation and accumulating practical experience. Mr. Ko emphasized, “As AI is applied profoundly in various business scenarios, law firms and other enterprises are demanding higher standards in global network stability, data security and intelligence. As a result, more clients are partnering with China Entercom to explore efficient, flexible and future-ready models of digital and intelligent services.”

Harnessing AI to Pioneer a New Legal Service Model
As technology rapidly advances and the macro-environment evolves, the legal services industry finds itself in the midst of fierce competition, undergoing profound structural challenges in traditional legal services models. The first challenge stems from global economic integration, which has sharply increased demand for cross-border legal services. Law firms are now expected to demonstrate stronger global service capability, cross-regional collaboration, and the ability to deliver tailor-made services. Secondly, the rise of the digital economy has given birth to new legal issues, raising the standards of a firm’s knowledge base and learning agility. Finally, disruptive technologies such as AI are redefining the legal service eco-chain — from client acquisition and service scenarios to operational processes and service systems — prompting a comprehensive reconstruction and transformation.

The “YingFaBao AI Legal Space Station” integrates Internet of Things (IoT), new media, videos and AI to deliver timely, efficient and one-stop self-service legal solutions, which marks a groundbreaking innovation in the legal services sector. In response to this new wave of transformation, China Entercom leverages over two decades of ICT practical experience and its strengths in integrated “Cloud, Network, Security” services to empower the digital and intelligent development of the legal services industry with AI-driven solutions. On one hand, it enhances the performance of critical digital infrastructure through global network optimization and intelligent security protection; on the other hand, this strong foundation supports law firms in all dimensions, such as digital management upgrades and global expansion of their services.

Redefining Legal Services with Digital Intelligence
Yingke Law Firm is developing a global legal data platform in the hope of creating a worldwide legal services platform through promoting data sharing and interconnection. According to Ms. Sun Wen, Director of Global Board of Directors at Beijing Yingke Law Firm, “As the wave of digitalization transforms the legal sector, Yingke has remained focused on advancing through technological innovation and professional excellence. On the journey to evolve our service models through the dual engines of ‘LegalTech + AI’, we are delighted to have China Entercom as a trusted partner. Its profound technical expertise and extensive experience in supporting enterprises going global provide invaluable insight for our strategic development and transformation in this new era.”

China Entercom’s best practices in supporting enterprises “Going Global” and “Coming to China” have become a recognized benchmark. As a member of the CITIC Group, China Entercom upholds the service motto of “CITIC, Your Trusted Partner for Going Global and Coming to China”, and has long worked hand in hand with its parent companies, CITIC Telecom CPC and the Group, to extend service coverage to regions along the Belt and Road, the Middle East, BRICS nations and RCEP member countries. Its digital and intelligent solutions have already empowered numerous enterprises in overseas expansion. Today, China Entercom’s services span five continents and nearly 160 countries and regions, with global network resources connecting nearly 170 points of presence (POPs), 60 SD-WAN gateways, over 30 data centers, 20 cloud service centers, and three dedicated 24×7 Security Operations Centers (SOCs). Offering 99.99% network availability, the company ensures fast deployment and flexible scalability, thereby realizing faster, more stable, secure and compliant ICT services. Leveraging advanced AI technologies and services, namely its TrustCSI™ 3.0 cybersecurity solution suites and SIEM-MiiND intelligent SIEM platform, China Entercom delivers reliable, secure and high-efficiency data aggregation that provides the legal sector with smarter and more efficient digital intelligence.

References:
[1] Source: Yingke Law Firm official website.
[2] Source: Yingke Law Firm official website.

About International Data Corporation (IDC)
IDC is the premier global market intelligence, data, and events provider for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,300 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC’s analysis and insight help IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based technology decisions and achieve their key business objectives. Establishing it’s China branch in 1982, IDC was the earliest global technology market research firm to enter the Chinese market. In China, IDC analysts focus on the local ICT market, producing research that covers areas including hardware, software, service, internet services, emerging technologies, and enterprise digital transformation. To learn more about IDC, please visit http://www.idc.com.

About Yingke Law Firm
Yingke Law Firm is a global legal service provider established in 2001, headquartered in Beijing, China. Yingke is a Co-Founder of the Global Coalition of Think Tank Network for South-South Cooperation. Since 2022, we have consistently held the top position in The Global 200 ranking of global law firms based on the number of lawyers. Yingke Law Firm is committed to improving the “Yingke Global One-Hour Legal Service Ecosystem”, and its headquarters adopt the mode of “direct investment and direct management” for up to 126 offices across mainland China and one joint law firm in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao region. So far, Yingke’s global legal service network has covered up to 199 cosmopolitan cities across 104 countries and territories. For more information, please visit https://www.yingkelawyer.com/index.html.

About China Entercom
China Enterprise ICT Solutions Limited (“China Entercom” or “CEC”), a subsidiary of the CITIC Group. With solid global knowledge, diversified industrial experience, successful cases and top-notch expertise, as well as incorporating extensive ICT resource coverage, global-local capabilities and world-class solutions, China Entercom stands as the trusted partner for comprehensive solutions, addressing customers’ specific ICT requirements and fostering their development along the “Belt and Road” and around the globe. For more information, please visit https://www.china-entercom.com/En/.

About CITIC Telecom CPC
We are CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (“CITIC Telecom CPC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (HKG: 1883), serving multinational enterprises the world over by addressing their specific ICT requirements with highly scalable tailored solutions built upon our flagship technology suites, comprising TrueCONNECT™ private network solutions, TrustCSI™ information security solutions, DataHOUSE™ cloud data center solutions, and SmartCLOUD™ cloud computing solutions.

With the motto “Innovation Never Stops,” we leverage innovative technologies to boost technology empowerment (+AI). Embracing AI, AR, Big Data, IoT, and other cutting-edge emerging technologies we aim to unlock technical potential. By integrating deep learning and intelligent data analysis technologies, we transform these technologies into data empowerment (AI+) generative applications, reshaping the Intelligence Operation Journey of enterprises.

With our Global-Local capabilities, we are committed to providing our customers with one-stop-shop ICT solutions with superior quality. Having a worldwide footprint across nearly 160 countries and regions, including Asia, Europe and America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, our global network resources connect nearly 170 points of presence (POPs), 60+ SD-WAN gateways, 20 Cloud service centers, 30+ data centers, and three dedicated 24×7 Security Operations Centers (SOCs). We are certified with a series of international certifications, including SD-WAN Ready, ISO 9001, 14001, 20000, 27001, and 27017, to ensure our services compliance with international standards and resources for enterprises. We offer local professional services, superior delivery capabilities as well as exceptional customer experience and best practices through our global presence and extensive industry know-how, becoming a leading integrated intelligent ICT service provider to enterprise customers.
For more information, please visit www.citictel-cpc.com.

Media Contacts:
Catherine Yuen
CITIC Telecom CPC
(852) 2170 7536
Email: catherine.yuen@citictel-cpc.com

Cyara Appoints Sushil Kumar as CEO to Extend Enterprise AI Customer Experience (CX) Leadership

Visionary AI and cloud executive with proven record of building and scaling enterprise platforms to lead the next phase of innovation and global expansion for the CX assurance market leader.

Cyara, the global leader in AI-powered customer experience (CX) assurance, today announced the appointment of Sushil Kumar as its new Chief Executive Officer. His appointment underscores Cyara’s commitment to accelerating enterprise AI CX innovation and elevating customer experience by enabling more reliable, responsive, and trustworthy interactions across every channel. Sushil will build on the strong foundation laid by outgoing CEO Rishi Rana.

Sushil brings entrepreneurial vision and enterprise-scale leadership to Cyara. He has focused his career on building category-defining AI, DevOps, and cloud platforms, both as a founder and as a leader of large global organizations. Most recently, he was Co-Founder and CEO of RelicX.ai, a generative AI test automation pioneer acquired by Harness. Before that, he held senior product and general management roles at Oracle, CA Technologies, and Broadcom, leading global teams and multi-hundred-million-dollar businesses that improved digital performance and customer experience at scale.

“Sushil brings a rare combination of proven ability, and deep customer and product insight to building and scaling category-defining platforms,” said Alok Kulkarni, Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cyara. “Cyara created and now leads the CX assurance category, with strong and growing global momentum. Under Sushil’s leadership, we see a significant opportunity to extend that lead as enterprises race to modernize customer experience, deploy GenAI safely, and ensure that every customer interaction simply works.”

Cyara’s unified, AI-powered platform continuously tests, validates, and monitors customer journeys across voice, digital, messaging, and conversational AI. Assuring more than 350 million customer journeys each year, and validating over a million AI-generated responses, the platform gives enterprises full visibility into quality, reliability, and risk. With emerging Agentic AI capabilities, Cyara is expanding into intelligent, continuous CX optimization to help organizations improve workflows, reduce cost-to-serve, and deploy new experiences with confidence.

“AI is transforming customer experience faster than any technology shift we’ve seen in decades,” said Sushil Kumar, CEO, Cyara. “As enterprises rethink their CX stacks and explore agentic AI, what they need most is confidence. Confidence that every interaction will be accurate, trustworthy, and delivered at the speed and quality customers expect. Cyara already plays a pivotal role in enabling that shift. It provides the reliability and assurance organizations need to turn AI from experimentation into meaningful, real-world impact. I’m excited to build on this foundation and work with the team to raise the bar for customer experience globally.”

Cyara has pursued a focused mergers and acquisitions strategy; acquiring Botium and QBox (bot and conversational AI testing), Spearline/testRTC (telecom and WebRTC assurance) and CentraCX (voice of the customer), to build one of the industry’s most comprehensive CX assurance stacks.

Sushil will focus on accelerating product innovation in AI-powered CX assurance, deepening Cyara’s ecosystem of CCaaS, CPaaS, UCaaS, and AI partners, and expanding the company’s global footprint, which serves customers in more than 135 countries.

For further information, please contact: Janet Vito, janet.vito@cyara.com

About Cyara
Cyara is the global leader in AI-powered customer experience assurance. As the only unified platform for continuous testing and monitoring across voice, digital, messaging, and conversational AI channels, Cyara empowers hundreds of the world’s leading brands to optimize more than a quarter of a billion customer interactions every year. From full customer journey visibility to AI governance and compliance, Cyara ensures every touchpoint works flawlessly, helping businesses deliver secure, friction-free, and high-quality CX at scale. To learn more, visit www.cyara.com.

SOURCE: Cyara

OMP’s AI-driven Unison Planning(TM) Platform Enhances Supply Chain Agility for McCormick & Co.

OMP is helping McCormick & Co., the global leader in flavor, with an AI-driven and autonomous operational planning initiative. This partnership enables McCormick to manage both assembly-to-order (ATO) and make-to-stock (MTS) production within the Unison PlanningTM platform.

The initiative tackles key challenges, including balancing ATO and MTS production on shared lines, improving inventory projections through quality-based stock releases, and managing capacity amid fluctuating demand. Addressing these challenges requires close collaboration across regions with North American and EMEA teams working in parallel, and seamless integration of SAP with the operational planning functionality within Unison Planning™. The first implementations will roll out in Canada and the United States before expanding to the EMEA and APAC regions.

Through its partnership with OMP, McCormick is implementing autonomous, decision-centric planning powered by agentic AI to transform how production and inventory are managed. The solution enables McCormick teams to plan more effectively for both custom and standard products, rapidly adjust to shifts in demand or supply, and make smarter sourcing decisions. The result is a more responsive supply chain that delivers optimized cost and cash by improving alignment between market demand and production timelines, as well as supporting lower cost of goods through waste reduction. These enhancements are also expected to indirectly result in higher service levels and improved top-line growth.

“We’re really excited about this technology as part of our roadmap of digital transformation,” says Whitney Shlesinger, VP of Global Planning and Logistics. “We’re embracing AI to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen our supply chain against volatility.”

“McCormick is showing how autonomous planning, planner empowerment, and leadership alignment can strengthen resilience,” said Philip Vervloesem, Chief Commercial & Markets Officer at OMP. “Together, we are embedding AI in a way that supports agility, collaboration, and innovation across their supply chain.“

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About McCormick
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor. With over $6.7 billion in annual sales across 150 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute herbs, spices, seasonings, condiments and flavors to the entire food and beverage industry including retailers, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands with trademark registrations include McCormick, French’s, Frank’s RedHot, Stubb’s, OLD BAY, Lawry’s, Zatarain’s, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, Gourmet Garden, FONA and Giotti. The breadth and reach of our portfolio uniquely position us to capitalize on the consumer demand for flavor in every sip and bite, through our products and our customers’ products. We operate in two segments, Consumer and Flavor Solutions, which complement each other and reinforce our differentiation. The scale, insights, and technology that we leverage from both segments are meaningful in driving sustainable growth.

Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, McCormick is guided by our principles and committed to our Purpose – To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor. McCormick envisions A World United by Flavor where healthy, sustainable, and delicious go hand in hand.

To learn more, visit: www.mccormickcorporation.com or follow McCormick & Company on Instagram and LinkedIn.

About OMP
OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning™.

Contact Information
Philip Vervloesem
Chief Commercial & Markets Officer
pvervloesem@omp.com
+1-770-956-2723

SOURCE: OMP

OpenAI Joins the Global Anti-Scam Alliance as Foundation Member to Strengthen Global Response Against AI-Enabled Scams

New partnership marks a significant step forward in the shared mission to combat AI-enabled fraud and strengthen digital safety worldwide.

As scammers adopt increasingly sophisticated methods powered by artificial intelligence, global coordination and responsible innovation have become essential to protecting consumers. Today, the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and OpenAI announce that OpenAI has joined GASA as a Foundation Member, marking a significant step forward in the shared mission to combat AI-enabled fraud and strengthen digital safety worldwide.

OpenAI Joins GASA

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company whose mission is to ensure AI benefits all of humanity. The company heavily invests in safety and misuse prevention, including efforts to detect and disrupt malicious attempts to use AI systems for scams, phishing, fraud, and other harms. OpenAI also publicly shares lessons from this work to strengthen collective defenses and reinforce its commitment to transparency and responsible deployment.

“The rise of AI enabled scams demands coordinated action across technology, policy, and law enforcement. OpenAI’s efforts to detect and disrupt malicious use of AI systems align closely with our mission. Their decision to join GASA as a Foundation Member sends a strong signal that protecting consumers in the age of AI requires shared intelligence, shared responsibility, and shared purpose,” said Jorij Abraham, Managing Director of GASA.

“Scams are one of the fastest-growing threats people face online, and our tools are increasingly good at spotting them. That’s why OpenAI is joining the Global Anti-Scam Alliance, where we can share insights, strengthen our collective defenses, and help people stay safe. This work fits squarely within our mission to build AI tools that benefit all of humanity,” said Will McCants, Head of Intelligence and Investigations at OpenAI.

By joining GASA as a Foundation Member, OpenAI will contribute to global research, the global advisory board, and cross-sector collaboration focused on reducing the impact of AI-enabled scams. This partnership strengthens the collective effort to build safer digital ecosystems and ensure that innovation is supported by safeguards, accountability, and shared intelligence.

Read the full release here.

Contact Information
Metje van der Meer
Marketing Director
metje.vandermeer@gasa.org

SOURCE: Global Anti-Scam Alliance

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AcroMeta Announces Strategic Joint Venture to provide AI-Powered Global Trade Operating System

AcroMeta Group Limited (“AcroMeta”, or the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) today announced a strategic leap into the future of digital trade by entering into a Binding Indicative Term Sheet (the “Term Sheet”) with a technology partner (the “Partner”) for a proposed joint venture (the “Proposed JV”) on 29 November 2025.

The JV will be undertaken through its subsidiary, AcroMeta Lifestyle Pte. Ltd. (“AcroMeta Lifestyle”), which will be develop and provide an AI-powered global trade operating system.

This initiative marks a fundamental shift from passive online marketplaces to an active, intelligent platform that autonomously sources real-time global procurement opportunities and manages the entire trade execution process, including payment, logistics, and customs.

“This joint venture serves as the strategic launchpad for our AI-powered global trade operating platform. By deploying it first within our own ecosystem, we immediately generate a valuable, operational case study and revenue stream. Once we fine tune its efficacy, we will expand into other business, industrial sectors and countries,” Said Mr. Lawrence Toh, Executive Director.

From E-commerce to AI Trade Execution

The Proposed JV will fund the deployment of the AI-powered global trade operating system. This platform will utilize six specialized AI agent clusters—including Customs Data Intelligence, Social Intent Mining, and Government Tender AI—to continuously scan global data sources for verified purchase signals. Suppliers can pay to unlock these high-intent leads, and the platform offers a managed trade service, handling the complex cross-border execution.

JV Structure and Strategic Benefits

Under the Term Sheet, the paid-up capital of AcroMeta Lifestyle will be increased to S$500,000, with AcroMeta contributing S$200,000 for a 51% majority stake and the Partner contributing S$300,000. This structure enables AcroMeta to scale the venture with reduced capital outlay while retaining strategic control.

The technology Partner will assume the role of the general management, bringing day-to-day operational expertise, while AcroMeta maintains full oversight through board chairmanship and financial controls.

A Platform for Global Expansion

The Proposed JV marks a significant step in AcroMeta’s transformation and positions the Group to participate more meaningfully in global AI-driven markets. The Group aims to build new revenue pillars that complement its existing businesses and support sustainable shareholder value.

This media release is to be read in conjunction with SGXNET announcement released on the same date. Reference: https://tinyurl.com/283ykzm8

About AcroMeta Group Limited (SGX: 43F)

AcroMeta Group Limited (“AcroMeta” or the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), is in the business of facility management services. The Company has been listed on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange since 2016. For more information, please visit www.acrometa.com.

Media and Analysts Contact:

AcroMeta Group Limited
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Email: footuck.lee@acrometa.com

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Mr. Wayne Koo
Tel: +65 6958 8008 / +65 9338 8166
Email: wayne.koo@waterbrooks.com.sg
Email: query@waterbrooks.com.sg

This media release has been reviewed by the Company’s Sponsor, W Capital Markets Pte. Ltd. (the “Sponsor”). It has not been examined or approved by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the “Exchange”), and the Exchange assumes no responsibility for the contents of this document, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this document. The contact person for the Sponsor is Mr Foo Say Nam, 65 Chulia Street #43-01 OCBC Centre, Singapore 049513, telephone (65) 6513 3536.

Magnolia Welcomes Tech Pioneer Luc Haldimann as New Board Chairman to Expand Global Growth and AI Strategy

Magnolia, a leading global Digital Experience Platform (DXP) provider, is excited to announce that renowned software entrepreneur and industry veteran Luc Haldimann has joined its Board of Directors and stepped into the role of Chairman (President).

Luc’s appointment is a major strategic move as Magnolia ramps up efforts to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its platform, ensuring customers can deliver highly personalized and efficient digital experiences globally.

Luc Haldimann is a foundational figure in the enterprise software space. He’s a widely recognized strategic leader who successfully combines deep technical knowledge with sharp business acumen-a rare mix essential for guiding Magnolia through the current wave of AI-driven innovation.

Notably, Luc was the Co-founder and former CTO/Chairman of Obtree Technologies, a pioneering Swiss CMS company that built solutions for large websites and was acquired by IXOS Software in 2003. He’s also the founder of Unblu, a Swiss provider of secure and compliant conversational solutions for the global financial services sector. After leading Unblu as CEO for almost two decades, he will continue his executive career as Unblu’s Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). His firsthand expertise in the CMS business and enterprise software sales gives him a crucial edge in shaping Magnolia’s future.

“We are incredibly thrilled to welcome Luc Haldimann to our board as Chairman,” said Alain Kugelmann, Co-CEO at Magnolia. “Luc embodies that hallmark of Swiss quality and reliability-known for integrity, precision, and a pragmatic, long-term approach to scaling successful tech companies. His leadership will be vital as we implement AI to enhance content creation, customer personalization, and operational efficiency across our platform globally.”

“I have been watching Magnolia’s evolution in the DXP space for many years and am deeply impressed by its API-first foundation and global reach,” said Luc Haldimann. “The digital experience market is at a pivotal inflection point with AI, and Magnolia‘s technology is perfectly positioned to lead this transformation. I look forward to working with the board and management team to execute a strategy that continues to deliver precision, quality, and groundbreaking innovation to our customers worldwide.”

Magnolia sees Luc’s vision as a powerful reinforcement of its commitment to delivering top-tier innovation and expanding market leadership worldwide.

About Magnolia
Magnolia is the composable experience platform that unites best-of-breed technologies into a powerful, central workspace. It empowers enterprise teams to manage every brand, product, channel, and experience from a single, intuitive interface. Leading global companies across finance, manufacturing, healthcare, and more choose Magnolia as their modern composable DXP.

Contact Information
Sorina Mone
Head of Marketing
contact@magnolia-cms.com
+41 61 228 90 00

SOURCE: Magnolia International Ltd.

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Japan IT Week Autumn 2025: NIPA Expands South Korea’s Presence in Japan’s AI and Deep Tech Ecosystem

50 South Korean ICT and Software Companies to Exhibit, Strengthening South Korea-Japan Digital Cooperation

The National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) of South Korea announced its full-scale engagement in the Japanese market through participation in Japan IT Week Autumn 2025, taking place from October 22 to 24 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba. NIPA will lead Korea’s largest-ever ICT delegation, featuring 50 companies across AI, SaaS, IoT, semiconductors, and XR sectors, further expanding bilateral cooperation in digital innovation between Korea and Japan.

NIPA South Korea

The KOREA NIPA Pavilion, organized by NIPA, will showcase the technological excellence and creativity of Korea’s K-Digital industry. The exhibition brings together six major sectors: AI (18 companies), SaaS (10), IoT (12), Semiconductors (4), and XR and others (6) – presenting cutting-edge digital capabilities in one integrated space. Key participants include Rebellions, MangoBoost, PolarisOffice, Digitalog Technologies, STC Lab, OpenSurvey, F1Security, WEVEN, and WINS Technet, all aiming to build partnerships within Japan’s industrial ecosystem.

Organized by RX Japan Ltd., Japan IT Week is the country’s largest IT exhibition, spanning 15 specialized fields including cloud, AI, security, and automation. The 2025 Autumn edition is expected to attract around 31,000 visitors and 700 exhibitors, providing Korean startups and scale-ups direct access to Japan’s enterprise ecosystem.

On October 22, NIPA will host the Korea-Japan Digital Cooperation Seminar at the Hotel New Otani Makuhari, bringing together industry and public-sector representatives from both countries. The seminar will focus on sharing policy and industry insights to support mutual market entry and digital partnership expansion. It will serve as a starting point for long-term collaboration between Korea and Japan’s ICT sectors.

“As Japan’s digital transformation accelerates, the innovation capacity of Korean ICT and software companies is opening new opportunities for cooperation,” said Park Yoon-kyu, President of NIPA. “Through specialized pavilions and IR events, NIPA will continue to support Korean companies in achieving sustainable business outcomes in Japan.”

Through participation in Japan IT Week Autumn 2025, NIPA aims to establish a permanent presence in the Japanese market and foster structured partnerships across innovation, policy, and business, contributing to the next wave of digital growth in Asia driven by AI, semiconductors, and deep tech collaboration.

Contact Information
beSUCCESS Media Group
hello@besuccess.com

SOURCE: The National IT Industry Promotion Agency

Fortune 500 Leaders Share AI-powered Supply Chain Excellence on Stage at OMP Conference

Industry giants, including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, and Kraft Heinz, to present real-world case studies in Miami

OMP, a global leader in supply chain planning solutions, announced its lineup of customer speakers for the OMP REAL Conference 2025, taking place November 18-19 in Miami. The event will gather industry leaders, technology innovators, and supply chain experts to share how AI-powered supply chain planning delivers real business results.

Speakers include executives from world-leading organizations, including Arxada,AstraZeneca, Beiersdorf, Eastman, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Heinz, Land O’Lakes, and Visy. They will share real-world case studies of how they’re leveraging OMP’s Unison Planning™ to boost supply chain agility, resilience, and sustainability. Explore the program.

Conference theme: REAL
This year’s theme – Real expertise. Real solutions. Real results. – underscores OMP’s commitment to deliver tangible impact through deep industry expertise, an open cloud-native AI-driven platform, and measurable outcomes. The highlight will be a showcase ofUnisonIQ, OMP’s AI orchestration framework that enables always-on decision intelligence across the end-to-end supply chain.

Designed for leaders driving transformation or looking to stay ahead of disruption, the OMP Conference offers a unique opportunity to connect with industry peers and share best practices. Participants will explore how human-AI collaboration is shaping the next era of planning excellence through keynotes, interactive sessions, and peer-to-peer learning.

Recognized excellence in supply chain planning
Recently, ten OMP customers – including Diageo, Johnson & Johnson, and Procter & Gamble – were honored in the 2025 Gartner® Supply Chain Top 25 and Masters. During the conference, OMP will recognize several customers for their outstanding supply chain performance.

“Our customers are at the forefront of supply chain innovation,” said Kurt Gillis, OMP’s Chief Industry & Commercial Officer. “Through human-AI synergy, they are redefining global supply chains with measurable impact across efficiency, service levels, and resilience.”

About OMP
OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries – spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper and packaging – benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning™.

Contact Information
Philip Vervloesem
Chief Commercial & Markets Officer
pvervloesem@omp.com
+1-770-956-2723

Kurt Gillis
Chief Industry & Commercial Officer
kgillis@omp.com
+32 3 650 22 63

SOURCE: OMP

Owkin Launches K Pro: The First Agentic AI Co-Pilot for Biopharma Powered by Biological Reasoning Models

Enterprise platform, queried through natural language, to help pharma, biotech, and investors make better decisions.
High-quality biological patient data, enriched and integrated for use by AI agents.

Owkin today announces the launch of K Pro, its co-pilot bringing advanced agentic AI to biomedical research and drug development. K Pro helps pharmaceutical companies and biotechs make smarter decisions across the discovery and development pipeline, increase clinical success rates, and deliver decision-grade, data-driven biological insights fast enough to change program trajectories.

Owkin K Pro
Owkin K Pro – the Agentic AI Co-Pilot for Biopharma

Built on a decade of Owkin’s AI innovation and in close collaboration with leading academic and industry partners, K Pro is a scientist-first co-pilot, accessible to both researchers and executives. Through natural language interaction, users can ask complex biological questions and receive actionable, clinically relevant answers, unifying fragmented workflows into an insight-driven research experience.

At its core, K Pro integrates Owkin Zero, a fine-tuned biological LLM that performs biological reasoning with higher performance than other leading LLMs (read the full paper). Leveraging high-quality, multimodal biomedical datasets, K Pro gives researchers access to one of the deepest, curated, AI-ready multimodal oncology datasets available (including MOSAIC). Biopharma and academic clients can securely upload their proprietary datasets to leverage K Pro’s advanced AI reasoning and data analysis.

Thomas Clozel, MD, Owkin Co-founder and CEO, said: “K Pro brings us closer to intelligence that evolves with the complexity of biology. By combining advanced biological reasoning with an agentic co-pilot architecture, it represents a key step towards our mission of achieving Biological Artificial Super Intelligence (BASI), AI capable of modelling and engineering biology beyond what humans are capable of to deliver transformative therapies to patients faster.”

K Pro has already accelerated internal drug target identification by 70% (from 12+ months to 3 months); built an IND-ready asset positioning strategy in hours instead of months of traditional analysis; and written a specialist review in one day, which was later published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

K Pro builds upon Owkin’s proven approach to agentic AI biomedical discovery, validated through collaborations with leading pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi.

Ben Mellows, managing director at the biotech company Micregen, used Owkin K to formulate his investor pitch and shared his experience: “We wanted to get our product pitch across to investors. That process could take weeks to work through with all of our experts, but Owkin K really helped. It assimilated all the information we provided evidencing how our regenerative stem cell-derived platform and products could have a major impact on healthcare and delivered a clear story tailored to investors from different backgrounds. The literature set is huge. I would say the task would have been nearly impossible to achieve at the scale that Owkin K handled in just a few work sessions.”

Owkin’s AI has already delivered results for pharmaceutical clients, including: preventing Phase 2 clinical trial futility by identifying high-risk combination therapy populations; discovering new multimodal disease endotypes; reducing trial duration by three years (35%) by identifying the right patient segment to inform enrolment and identifying novel oncology targets.

About Owkin:
Owkin is an AI company on a mission to solve the complexity of biology. It is building the first Biology Super Intelligence (BASI) by combining powerful biological large language models, multimodal patient data, and agentic software. At the heart of this system is Owkin K, an AI co-pilot and its new LLM finetuned on biology called Owkin Zero, used by researchers, clinicians, and drug developers to better understand biology, validate scientific hypotheses, and deliver better diagnostics and therapies faster.

About the State of Agentic AI in Biopharma Report:
To ensure K Pro addresses the real-world challenges facing pharma, Owkin partnered with STAT Brand Studio to produce the State of the Nation report, surveying over 200 pharma executives (full report here). Nearly half of respondents identified overcoming data challenges as the area where agentic AI could deliver the greatest value. Early discovery, clinical trial optimisation, and translational research were also highlighted as top priorities, underscoring the immediate need for agentic AI solutions that translate complex biomedical data into actionable insights.

Contact Information
Alistair Jennings
Marketing Director: Content
alistair.jennings@owkin.com
+447983972126

SOURCE: Owkin

31 Concept Accelerates Next-Gen DPI Leadership With Strategic Acquisition of Xynthor AI

Acquisition Strengthens 31C’s Deep Packet Intelligence Platform with Revolutionary AI-Native Data Loss Prevention Technology

31 CONCEPT (31C), a leading UAE-based cybersecurity innovator, today announced the strategic acquisition of Xynthor AI Software Inc., a Canadian company pioneering AI-native Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions. This acquisition strengthens 31C’s commitment to advancing Deep Packet Intelligence (DPI), corporate security, and data sovereignty in an AI-centric world.

31 Concept & Xynthor

By integrating Xynthor’s “DLP for AI Era” with 31C’s DPI expertise, the combined platform will deliver the most comprehensive AI-aware security solution available. This move addresses the growing need for security systems capable of handling modern AI-driven workflows.

Why It Matters
The rise of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude has outpaced the capabilities of traditional DLP systems, which were built for structured data and static rules. High-profile incidents, including the accidental leakage of proprietary source code by Samsung engineers using ChatGPT, highlight the urgent need for AI-specific safeguards.

Misha Hanin, CEO of 31C, emphasized: “The convergence of AI and cybersecurity is the most significant paradigm shift our industry has ever seen. Traditional methods cannot manage the dynamic, context-aware data flows of today’s AI environments. Through this acquisition, we are pioneering an entirely new category of AI-native security solutions.”

Xynthor’s Breakthrough Technology
Xynthor brings several unique differentiators:
AI Data Guardian: Prevents sensitive information from leaving the organization using NLP-driven detection.
Air-Gapped Architecture: Keeps analysis inside the client’s environment, ensuring privacy and compliance.
Context-Aware Intelligence: Reduces false positives through AI-driven classification and behavioral analysis.
Private LLM Protection: Enables safe use of internal large language models without external exposure.
Seamless Integration: Works with existing infrastructure while supporting regulations like HIPAA and GDPR.

Comprehensive AI-Era Platform
The integrated platform enhances DPI with real-time policy management, adaptive threat detection, and behavioral analytics. It also streamlines compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and upcoming AI governance standards.

Boris Heismann, CTO of 31C, stated: “We’re not only responding to current demands but anticipating tomorrow’s challenges. Combining DPI with AI-native DLP creates a future-ready security platform.”

Strategic Impact
The global cost of data breaches averages over $4 million per incident, and AI-driven risks are only increasing. By uniting DPI and AI-native DLP, 31C positions itself as a global leader capable of addressing these critical challenges.

This acquisition aligns with 31C’s growth strategy, including performance-based incentives tied to Xynthor’s product success. Both companies will continue to operate from the UAE and Canada, combining their strengths to accelerate innovation and market expansion.

About 31C
Founded in the UAE, 31C is a cybersecurity company specializing in Deep Packet Intelligence, corporate security, and data sovereignty. Its innovative approach makes it a trusted partner for enterprises, governments, and regulators worldwide.

About Xynthor AI
Based in Canada, Xynthor AI develops AI-native security platforms designed to protect organizations using generative AI, ensuring both safety and compliance in the AI era.

For more information about 31C’s Next Gen DPI solutions, visit https://31c.io.

Contact Information
Misha Hanin
CEO
misha.hanin@31c.io

SOURCE: 31 Concept